That was a close call.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
好险
to have a close call
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to have a close call
02
to have a narrow escape
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 好险 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 好险 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
That was dangerous!
That was so dangerous! Fortunately, I narrowly escaped a disaster.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 好险.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 好险.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 好险啊2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 好险
What does 好险 mean in Chinese?
好险 (hǎoxiǎn) means to have a close call.
How do you pronounce 好险?
好险 is pronounced hǎoxiǎn.
Is 好险 an HSK word?
好险 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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